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Thursday, December 27, 2012

I can hardly believe 2012 is nearly over! Time for a year in review via Instagram photos. I have tried to take at least one photo a week but that didn't quite work out (I would fail miserably at the 365 day project) but even with a few gaps, its still nice to remind myself where this year went. I highly recommend it.

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

I've been pretty exhausted these last few days but I'm trying to clean up the mess that is my house right now so it won't be such a disaster. I'm pretty good at trashing things I don't need but I struggle the most with crafty supplies - always thinking "I could use that one day". Do you have a rule of how long you keep supplies before admitting its probably not going to happen? Or do you save stuff for someday far away?

13 comments:

Happy New Year to one of my favorite bloggers! What a great year it's been here at Brooklyn Limestone. I'm so tired as well - what a busy month! I tend to keep supplies for creating & when I DO throw them out, I regret it later. Ha ha.

I still don't get the whole Instagram thing, but someday I'll get involved with it! lol

I'm pretty good at purging stuff for thrift, except when it comes to my art supplies. There I have trouble. That said, I'm staring to purge pretty heavily there as well. I've gotten to the point in my life where I know what I will and will not do, and also that I can't do it all. There are those things that I'll never get around to doing, even with the best of intentions. For me, there's little point in the supplies taking up valuable space. I no longer have the patience for the clutter. I guess for me, that's the bottom line.

I come from a long line of sewing and craft supply hoarders whose "sewing rooms" I have never seen an equal! Because of this there are things I keep like 3 glue guns (who knows!) regardless but others I do my best to use once or twice before donating or giving away. What really helped me was coming to terms with the fact that unlike the women before me I don't sew, so, three large boxes of new fabric that had been given to me I donated to a church group making quilts for a cause.

I try not to keep it if it's paper-crafting (like cardboard) and I don't overstock on scrapbooking type supplies for any project, since each is so different. So paper stuff, I give a short life span and recycle frequently. Sewing and other craft supplies, I keep around longer and try to keep as organized as possible so the stuff doesn't explode. Let's face it...